WO2000049535A2 - System, method and article for applying temporal elements to the attributes of a static document object - Google Patents
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- the present invention is directed to the field of creating dynamic document objects that change with respect to time. More specifically, the present invention is preferably directed to editing or authoring static document objects, such as Web pages created using HTML or other well-known web- authoring languages, which include a plurality of nodes or elements that are defined by a hierarchical structure of attributes.
- static document objects such as Web pages created using HTML or other well-known web- authoring languages
- W3C World Wide Web Consortium's
- DOM Document Object Model
- the invention provides a software-implemented system, methodology, and encoded article of manufacture for applying temporal (or timeline) elements to the various attributes, nodes or elements associated with the static document object in order to create a temporally-active document object.
- document objects may be structured according to a hierarchical structure that defines the elements (or nodes) and associated attributes of the document.
- a web page for publishing on the Internet is commonly structured according to the W3C Document Object Model. This model is defined at ht ⁇ :/ ⁇ mrw.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-l '/level-one-core. html on the Internet.
- the core Level 1 DOM defines a minimal set of objects and interfaces for accessing and manipulating document objects. By specifying a particular structure for web-based content, the DOM enables software developers and web script authors to access and manipulate parsed HTML and XML content inside of products that conform to the DOM.
- the DOM hierarchy structures a document into a plurality of nodes, which are each defined by a plurality of attributes. Many different types of attributes are defined in the DOM, including properties, methods, styles and events.
- a system, method and article of manufacture is provided for applying temporal elements to the attributes of a static document object.
- the invention is preferably implemented as a software program operating on a computer system, such as a personal computer or workstation.
- the software program includes computer implemented steps for: (i) importing an existing document (or alternatively authoring the document directly using the program), wherein the document is structured according to an object model, such as the DOM for web pages; (ii) scanning the document for the defined structure an extracting the various elements (or nodes) and their attributes; (iii) displaying the extracted document structure to the user of the system; (iv) adding one or more temporal elements to the attributes of the document; and (v) saving the document along with any additional information necessary to execute and implement the temporal elements so as to create a dynamic document object.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a preferred series of method steps executed by a software-implemented system or encoded into an article of manufacture for applying temporal elements to a static document object having a defined structure;
- FIG. 2 is a screen print of an interface to a preferred software- implemented system for carrying out the steps in Figure 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is an expanded screen print of an interface to a preferred system showing a temporal element editing window and a layout window;
- FIG. 4 is an expanded screen print of the temporal element editing window shown in Figure 3;
- FIG. 5 is another expanded screen print of the temporal element editing window shown in Figure 3.
- FIG. 6 is another expanded screen print of an interface to the preferred system showing a temporal element editing window, a layout window, and a temporal element dialog box.
- Figure 1 is a flowchart of a preferred series of method steps executed by a software-implemented system or encoded into an article of manufacture for applying temporal elements to a static document object having a defined structure.
- the document object is preferably a web page created or authored using HTML, XML or other well- known web-based authoring languages, and the defined structure is preferably the W3C Document Object Model. It is important to note that this is only one embodiment of the invention. The invention is not limited to web-based documents, nor is it limited to documents that are structured according to the
- the invention finds utility in the general field of converting static document objects structured according to a particular hierarchy into dynamic objects using a plurality of temporal elements.
- Web pages are just one example of these types of documents and the DOM is just one example of this type of structural hierarchy.
- the flowchart depicted in Figure 1 is preferably implemented as a software program running on a computer system, such as a PC or workstation.
- the program could be stored on the hard drive of such a computer system, or it could be distributed as an article of manufacture, such as a floppy disk or CD-ROM, or other type of transportable media, in which the software- implemented method steps shown in Figure 1 are encoded into the magnetic or optical medium.
- the program could be distributed by downloading an executable file over a computer network and then storing the program on local fixed or removable medium.
- the preferred method of the present invention begins as steps 10 or 12, in which a user either imports an existing document into the software- implemented system 10, or uses the program's built-in authoring functions to create the static document object.
- the static document is also referred to as an initial condition document and a program for creating such a static document, whether as a stand alone application or as integrated into the present invention is referred to as an initial condition editor.
- initial condition editor a program for creating such a static document, whether as a stand alone application or as integrated into the present invention.
- These editors do not have the ability by themselves to apply temporal elements to the various nodes and attributes of a static document.
- the program scans the document structure in order to extract the constituent elements and attributes that describe the document. According to the preferred DOM hierarchy, these attributes include properties, methods, styles and events.
- the program may utilize information regarding the hierarchy 14, such as the
- step 18 in which the extracted hierarchy for the particular document is displayed to the user in the form of an interface window.
- the interface window is described in more detail below.
- the system then enters a mode in which the user can apply temporal elements to one or more of the various attributes associated with the various elements or nodes that describe the document object.
- the user adds a temporal element to a particular attribute.
- This temporal element can be based on an absolute timer, or it can be linked to another objects time base, such as the internal timing of an associated video or audio object file. Other types of temporal control and dependency are also within the scope of the invention.
- Control passes to step 22, in which the temporal element is configured.
- a special temporal element configuration dialog box preferably is displayed on the program interface. This dialog box can provide many levels of temporal control over the attribute based on the data type, parameters and properties of the particular attribute. In this manner, the present invention provides a very finely detailed level of control and flexibility over the temporal element.
- control of the program passes to step 24, and an optional temporal element indicator, such as a graphic icon, is displayed by the program interface to indicate that a temporal element has been applied to the particular attribute.
- the program responds to additional requests by the user to apply more temporal elements by looping back to step 20.
- each individual element can be assigned its own temporal element, distinct from any other attribute of the document.
- Such a fine granularity of applying timeline elements to a document object is unknown in present web-page authoring and development tools.
- the timeline for each temporal element is then synchronized with a master clock so that all of the elements and attributes maintain synchronization with each other. If no additional temporal elements are to be added to this particular document, then control passes to step 28, where the new dynamic document object is saved.
- the program can save the new dynamic document object in a number of ways.
- the basic idea is to save the static document along with some type of output script that operates as a firing (or execution) event for causing the temporal elements to change the document's presentation.
- One way to accomplish this would be to save the web page along with an associated media file organized, for example in the advanced streaming format, real audio/video format, or other type of multi-media file format.
- Other techniques of saving the dynamic document could also be used, such as javascript, vbscript, etc.
- Figure 2 is a screen print of an interface to a preferred software- implemented system for carrying out the steps in Figure 1.
- This interface is a graphical user interface displayed to a user of the system and method in order to facilitate the process defined in Figure 1.
- the interface includes a temporal element editing window 30 that includes a hierarchy display window 32, where the various elements, nodes and attributes of the document are displayed for the user.
- the nodes or elements are shown as items 42, and in this example include a Main Window, document, map, and a variety of other example elements.
- Each of these elements 42 is further defined by the DOM as a sequence of attribute types 38, include at least behaviors, properties, methods and actions (or events).
- Each of the attribute types 38 is further defined by a plurality of individual attributes 40, such as "onclick”, “onblclick”, etc. Also shown in the interface schematic are the master clock element 36, which is used to synchronize all of the temporal elements associated with the various attributes, and the temporal element indicator fields 34, where a temporal element indicator would be displayed if a user had applied a temporal element to a particular attribute.
- FIG. 3 is an expanded screen print of an interface to a preferred system showing a temporal element editing window and a layout window after the example web page from above had been imported into the system and the DOM extracted and displayed.
- the program of the present invention includes at least two interface windows, a temporal element editing window 30 (describe above with respect to Figure 2), and a layout window 50.
- the layout window displays how the document looks. Note that once a temporal element has been added to the page, then the program can execute the dynamic document and its operation would be displayed in the layout window 50.
- the program also includes an interface frame 60, as do most windows-based applications, a file menu 62, and a button bar 64 for carrying out many commonly executed commands associated with the program.
- the temporal element window 30 it is seen that the program has extracted three objects found in the document (Main Window, document and ball), and displayed these along with the DOM hierarchy.
- the Main Window and document objects are DOM specified nodes that exist in every web page.
- FIG 4 shows an expanded screen print of the temporal element editing window shown in Figure 3, wherein the attributes of type "properties" has been exploded to show all of the individual attributes that can be associated with a temporal element.
- a browser would display this web page as a ball, a text box with the phrase "This is a good idea", and a selection box with the choices Red, Blue and
- FIG. 5 is an expanded screen print of the temporal element editing window of the present invention after the more complex web page has been input to the software system of the invention. It can be seen in the hierarchy display window 32 that the three elements BallPicture, GoodldeaText and ColorChoices are displayed. By pressing on the arrow next to the element (as with the BallPicture element shown) the attribute hierarchy of the element is displayed. Having done so, the user can then associate a temporal element with any of the displayed attributes.
- FIG 6 is another view of the interface to the preferred system showing the temporal element editing window 30, layout window 50, and a temporal element dialog box 70.
- a temporal element indicator 34 A also referred to as a "clip” shows that a temporal element has already been applied to the element "onclick" for the BallPicture element.
- the width of the clip has no meaning since the change will occur at a particular time (i.e., the ball disappears after 8.2 seconds).
- the present invention allows the user to create and modify temporal element clips by clicking on the temporal element indicators or by graphically editing the attribute in its rendered page window, although only some attributes lend themselves to graphical editing.
- the program provides a temporal element dialog box 70 for editing the attributes, and automatically determines the acceptable data-types for each attribute.
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